Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-01-07

January 4th the fast passenger train
on the Baltimore & Ohio r. R., collided with
q freight train near Tihln, Ohio, at O'Clock
in the morning. The earliest report says
that 10 Passengers were killed outright or
burned ID death in the wreck. The cause of
the accident will be learned later. Investi-
cation 6alOws that the freight train was on
the main track on the time of the fast mail
warm of sent s aefea ID
that the 8eam Of the freight engine gave
out and The train was stalled, and it is also
charged that the engineer was drunk. It is
learned n passengers lost their lives. None
Of the pasenge1s in the sleepers were hurt
The selection held Dec. 29, in the
provinceof Ontario, resulted in the defeat
of Sir John Mcdonald, who for two months
with four members of his cabinet have been
stumplHS the province In the interest of
Meredith. The result has been that, instead
Mowat, it has strengthened bis majority IS
per cent. according to the latest returns,
which give Mowat 90 and Meredith 50. This
means defeat for Sir John. The prospect
now is that the Dominion elections will be
put of to the very latest moment-probably
to next September.
At Philadelphia, Pa. the coroner is
investigating singular case of death in the
family of Mrs. Hart. DR.. English found, on
his return to the city from four weeks alb
eence, that Mrs. Hart's new born infant,
which was in full health when he last saw
it, died on Monday night very suddenly and
mysteriously. He also learned that it was
the thirteenth child which Mrs. Hart had
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age. Under the circumstances he refused
to give a certificate, and the coroner will
hold an inquest on the body Of the infant.
Concerning President Cleveland's
health, a Washington dispatch of the 2nd
says: The President has entirely recovered
from the fatigue incident to his long public
reception yesterday and is in better health
tonight than before the hand-shaking or
ports which were circulated last night about
the Presidents condition, COL Lamont said: !:
s'There is every disposition on the part of
those at the White House to keep the public
accurately informed as to the condition of
the President. The reports are simply with
out foundation"
L. G. Weir of Cincinnati, manager of
the Adams Express Co., speaking of the re-
lation of Fotheringham the messenger to
the recent robbery, for which four other
men are now In custody, said: "Wittrock
says Fotheringham is innocent. hope he
is, but he was indicted by the grand jury,
you know. don't know what the evidence
against him was, but it must have been suf-
fcient, and evidence that Insufficient for an
indictment Is sufficient for trial. The men
under arrest, however, may be able to ex-
inatipg facts"
Specials from Leavenworth and Kan
sas City state that Oscar Cook made oop-
fession ip which he stated that Fatheripg-
ham, the express messenger who is now in
Jail charged with completely in the robbery
knew all about the plan to rob his car, and
was willing victim to the robbeE; It was
amount stolen, as his share Of the booty
and that gum was part Of the money which
Fred WitrOck sent to his mother for safe
keeping. -.
= About 125 sporting men from New
York, New Haven, Waterbury and other
cities, assembled at the driving park in
Bridgeport, Conn.,, Sunday, to witness a
cooking main between birds from New York
and New Haven. Tho police got wind of
the affair, however, and raided the park.
Fifty men were captured and placed under
arrest. The balance broke down a partition
wall and escaped. - v, s'5S ~.
At Youngstown, Ohio, Monday
morning when book keeper of Wickes,
Bros. Il Co.'S bank, opened the vaults which
i had been closed from the Friday night pre-
vious, and struck match to light the gas
Jet, the gas which had been escaping ignited
blowing the side out of the building, also
the side out of the United Line Company g
building. Silliman's hair and whiskers
were burned off, and he is, perhaps hurt
internally, ~ ,;.q..sf. x. 4 III -.
The breaking of a wheel under the
baggage car Of a passenger train bound
from Albany, n. Y, to Springfield, Mass,
Jan. 4, threw the train of the track al
Mtiasssgasa da1 dst1sn, oq and s the .b
consumed. Two, lives were lost and
eighteen passengers injured, A large
amount Of western mail for New England
points was burned. , 70 7s.75sss SS5sS s:S :
Charles II. Raymond, Of New York
who has fled an assignment, has fortwenty
five year, r. dealt l in hardware supplies bS
heaviest customer. He once owned sisteer
pieces OF real estate in Brooklyn, but Is nov
thoughtt0 have debts amounting to $50,
600 ..; 5.S5
a midnight fire, January 2, in thu
Burlington & Missouri railway headquar
ters building At Omaha damaged the whole
sale grocery stock of Sloan, johnson 4 Co,
"a tho extent of $4,000. Loss i covered b
insurance. The railway offices In the uppel
stortee We're suninJured